# Information Operations Research Capability \(IORC\) > Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources. ## Key facts - Public buyer: [Home Office](/buyers/home-office/contract-awards) - Contract winner: [Adam Smith International Ltd](/contract-winners/adam-smith-international/public-sector-contract-awards) - Award value: £8,000,000 - Tender value: £8,000,000 - Award date: 1 April 2024 - Published: 20 May 2024 - Contract start: 1 April 2024 - Contract end: 31 March 2026 - Stage: awarded - Procurement category: services - Notice ID: 884af96d-3fda-477f-a62a-6bf2bee0f87d-752508 - OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a251e008-4450-4a16-8a6e-3af2c9113b9a ## Description To understand the tactics, techniques and procedures malign actors use to influence UK audiences / communities, whether such activity is impacting UK audience / community attitudes and behaviours, and to design and evaluate a proportionate but impactful response to the activity ## Related contract awards - [Contract Award of Implementing and Evaluating Emerging Technology in Immigration Enforcement](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-4312057c-f9ff-46f1-bee4-537f66fcb8b7): Home Office - [Contract Award of Research within immigration reporting](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-31564e7a-f887-4b86-92db-d65156f29f50): Home Office - [Website hosting and support](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-fcb5c27d-2a4f-4691-92a2-fca2336adffb): Home Office - [Serious Organised Crime - Ghana \(SOC-G\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-8a74cd46-546b-4b35-a2f6-487b96c37a9b): Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office - [ISF Jordan: Tackling Transnational Threats](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-439ed7d5-4221-410d-8e89-ddd35954eeb5): Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office - [Nepal Samartha Enhancing Gender & Human Development Outcomes through Systems Strengthening](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-1f8ff486-1ef2-4465-a4c4-724f74a8746c): Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office ## Source [View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/884af96d-3fda-477f-a62a-6bf2bee0f87d-752508)